How Siding Works

Working with vinyl siding.
How siding works. Soffit and fascia starting with the soffit nail lengths of j channel against the inner edge of the fascia board. The first is to protect your home from outside elements like rain snow hail or ice. Installing vinyl siding in these 23 steps step 1. Get professional looking watertight results with these residing techniques.
The sheets are 12 feet long and about a foot high. If you also include painting this will add a few days. There are other elements protecting your home but your siding is the first barrier to entry. You ll need specialty tools like this zip tool to work with installing vinyl siding.
Soffit and fascia if the soffit on your home wraps around a corner as with a hip roof you ll need to make some. You don t want a pressurized source of water to hit the siding directly because you might cause damage to the siding or the wall behind the siding. You start at the bottom and the sheets interlock into each other as you go up. The siding is naturally designed to drain water downward source.
How to prepare your home. This time frame includes the removal of your current siding prep work insulation new siding installation and final touches. Slide the zip tool under the butt edge. The second function of home siding is design.
You ll need a zip tool to remove siding. The siding is made from thin flexible sheets of plastic about 2 millimeters thick pre colored and bent into shape during manufacturing. Make sure to trim shrubbery and trees around your home.